Marbles

Dear family,

I am kind of nervous to call the family this week but it will be good! I just feel like it is a little bit weird and out of place to be have a conversation. I feel like I am in a habit of every contact I make thinking, "how can I help this person come closer to Christ"...so this family conversation seems a little off in my purpose as a missionary..haha...but it will be good! I want to be able to converse normally with you ...so let’s just say that you will come closer to Christ as well hopefully :)  I am excited for Emily to be married this weekend! Wow, how scary!

We had another baptism this week from the Salt Lake City Mission, that we worked with, so that we great! Temple Square and the Salt Lake city mission have been working together a lot lately and we are seeing a lot of success, but the problem is that it is getting a little overwhelming working with all their investigators with them, plus all our other investigators from around the world.  I think they will have to change something soon because it feels like too much!  It’s like holding a bunch of marbles, and I am trying to hold all of them but some fall out of my hands as I go to grab another.   But all I can do to bring me peace on the matter is do my best and show the Lord I am trying to bring as many souls unto Christ as I can. He will pick up the ones I drop.

Bill has a baptism date but his kidney is failing and it is breaking my heart. :(  This last week I went to another wards sacrament meeting because I was at a baptism during mine and we randomly went to M. Russell Ballard & Dallin H. Oaks ward! Elder Oaks wasn't there but Ballard was - that was a little pleasant surprise.

So we are trying new things as far as our "announcing" responsibilities go. We wrote a new script for “Music and the spoken word,” to introduce us after it is over. We are just waiting to meet with the head honcho over there to get it cleared.  We are also experimenting with having other Sisters hold signs besides just the ones announcing so we can get more "walking lessons" (aka tours) with just the main languages like English, Mandarin, and Spanish.  Last week it was a success.  With summer coming there are a lot more "friends"(aka guests) on the Square.

Well they just told me that they have a genealogy class coming in here so I have to go! Sorry!

Talk to you on Sunday.  Love you all!

Sister Reynders